Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Street Girl Love Serenade
Priscilla* Rollins You Send Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Black Brows Dark Brown Eyes Ukrainian Pops
Joe* Glazer We are Building a New Party A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Shake a Hand Amist the Black Eyes
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold (demo) To Bleed Black and Gold
Loni Gamble It's You ST
Zambonis* Cool Shots (Theme Song) To Bleed Black and Gold
Zambonis* Mind Like a Playgroup To Bleed Black and Gold
Oscar* McLollie Help Me Make It Through the Night ST
Aarons And Ackley* Almost Five O'Clock You And I
Buddy Knox Storm Clouds ST (mono)
Priscilla* Rollins Letter to Mommy & Daddy Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Buddy Knox I Ain't Sharin' Sharon ST (mono)
Aarons And Ackley* Oh What a Good Time You And I
Ellen McIlwaine Wade in the Water Honky Tonk Angel
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra I See Your Face Before Me And I Love Her
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Good Time Blues Shirley Lewis Show Band
Tommy Makem Vancouver Vancouver b/w Better Times
Ernie* Smith Take Your Time To Behold Jah
Ellen McIlwaine The Letter Fear Itself
David Amram Pull My Daisy Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Cal* Bostic The Darkest Hour (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Country Feelin' Amist the Black Eyes
Happy Dolls Pick Up the Pieces Show Album No. 1
Matt* Lucas Tomcat Blues Matt Gets Blue
Oscar* McLollie Buried Alive ST
Ernie* Smith Freedom Street Skareggae
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Reapers Harvest Ukrainian Pops
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Till You're Loving Me Again I'm a Song
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Devil Woman I'm a Song
Ellen McIlwaine Pinebo (My Story) Honky Tonk Angel
Zambonis* Boom Boom Boom To Bleed Black and Gold
Oscar* McLollie So Pleasing Loving You So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Ellen McIlwaine Billy Gene Fear Itself
Ernie* Smith Top Rankin Skankin To Behold Jah
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* I Will Go Into The Distant Mountains Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Wade in the Water Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Jimmy Jean Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ernie* Smith Who I Am To Behold Jah
Ellen McIlwaine Isn't That So Ellen McIlwaine
Jack Holland I'll Pick Her Up The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ellen McIlwaine Keep On Everybody Needs It
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Buddy Knox C'mon Baby ST (mono)
Ellen McIlwaine Born Under a Bad Sign Fear Itself
Ellen McIlwaine Danger Zone Everybody Needs It
Nelson* Riddle Moving Ahead British Columbia Suite
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) We the People
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Halya Carries the Water Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* The Boat is Rocking Ukrainian Pops
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST (mono)
Ellen McIlwaine Steal Him Away Ellen McIlwaine
Buddy Knox I'm In Love With You ST
Alpha Centauri Love is a Curse ST
Ellen McIlwaine Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Honky Tonk Woman Love Serenade
Loni Gamble Could it be Love ST
Yukon* Nova Scotia Nova Scotia b/w Genius
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm Gonna Love You Baby I'm a Song
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Kolomayka Ukrainian Pops
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Halya Несе Галя Воду Ukrainian Pops
Priscilla* Rollins Sweet Inspiration Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Buddy Knox Mary Lou ST
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm a Song (Reprise) I'm a Song
Ernie* Smith Bend Down Skareggae
Ernie* Smith Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun) Skareggae
Ellen McIlwaine For Suki Fear Itself
Alpha Centauri Make it at Rock 'n' Roll ST
Joe* Glazer This Land is Your Land A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Hard Hard Times Shirley Lewis Show Band
Alpha Centauri Earth in Motion ST
Jack Holland You Can't Make a Dancer The Eyes of a Dreamer
Buddy Knox Don't Make Me Cry ST
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Bohemian I'm a Song
Ellen McIlwaine In My Time of Dying Fear Itself
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Hanging Apple Висить Ябко Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Crawling Kingsnake Fear Itself
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Nelson* Riddle Government House British Columbia Suite
Oscar* McLollie For the Good Times ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* You Belong to Me You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)
Hopeton* Lewis Story Book Children Think Positive // Story Book Children
Priscilla* Rollins Going Out of My Head Over You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Happy Dolls Hello Dolly Show Album No. 1
Dick Marx Orchestra and Choir* Here Come the Hawks Here Come the Hawks b/w Here Come the Hawks (instrumental) (picture sleeve)
Cal* Bostic May I Introducing...
Sidewinders I Like to Dance Flatfoot Hustlin'
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Boots Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra It Only Takes a Moment And I Love Her
Exponians The Look of Love Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Ellen McIlwaine The Last Good Man in My Life Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River We the People
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Man From Athabaska War War War
Happy Dolls Drum Solo Show Album No. 1
Aarons And Ackley* L.A. You And I
Ursa Major* Lay Me Down ST
Priscilla* Rollins Why Can't I touch You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars I Want a Girl Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl

Ursa Major* - ST

New York, New York, U.S.A.

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

FEATURED

Dils* - Made In Canada

San Diego, California, USA - Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ernie* Smith - To Behold Jah

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario

ST

Ursa Major - ST Side 2

Ursa Major - ST Side 1

Ursa Major - ST BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (1)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (1)

War War War

Amist the Black Eyes

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 02

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 01

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